Welcome to Anderson ...The city of Anderson is located Anderson is located in Grimes County<1> and is the County Seat for Grimes County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Anderson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Anderson has a population of 243 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Anderson is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Anderson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Anderson: 936 The ZIP code for Anderson: 77830<4> Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Anderson had an population of 243 people. This is an increase of 9.46% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.45% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Anderson had a population of 222 people. This makes Anderson the county's 4th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 222 people, the population of Anderson decreased 13.62% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 257 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Anderson. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 70 communities that are also named Anderson - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas (3), British Columbia, California, Georgia (7), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Michigan (8), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nevada (2), New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee (5), Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Anderson. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Anderson. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Anderson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Anderson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Anderson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anderson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Anderson. Our list includes 11 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Anderson. Looking for more information about Anderson? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Anderson, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Anderson. We originally found mention of Anderson in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Anderson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Anderson.
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